Popular TikTok superstar Khaby Lame has voluntarily exited the United States after he was detained by ICE. Speaking via a press statement to Mail Online, an ICE spokesperson said that Lame, an Italian citizen born in Senegal, was detained by the agency on June 6 due to immigration violations after entering the U.S. on April 30.
Khaby, whose full name is Seringe Khabane Lame, was immediately granted voluntary departure and has now left the United States.
According to the spokesperson, Lame entered the United States on April 30 and overstayed the terms of his visa; hence, the decision to grant him voluntary departure on the 6th of June.
“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Seringe Khabane Lame, 25, a citizen of Italy, June 6, at the Harry Reid International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada for immigration violations. Lame entered the United States April 30 and overstayed the terms of his visa. Lame was granted voluntary departure June 6 and has since departed the U.S,” it read.
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Since he took power in January, US President Donald Trump has carried out a mass deportation of illegal immigrants in the US.
ICE has also been conducting raids since day one of Trump taking back control of the White House, and it has led to several arrests and deportations of undocumented residents in America.
Khaby, who regularly posts under the name @khaby.lame, moved from Senegal to Chivasso, close to Turin in Italy, when he was a year old. He currently has 162.2 million followers on TikTok and officially became an Italian citizen in 2022.
